Improvement in bottle-stoppers



E-. H. HUNT. Bottle-Stupper.

No. 169,000. Patented0ct.19,l875.

WITNESSES S INVENTOR WW JV -JWV v By I .dttorney N.PETERS,FHDTO-LITKOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D O,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA H. HUNT, OF WARREN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTT'LE-STOPPERS. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,000, dated October19, 1875; application filed June 26, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISHA H. HUNT, of Warren, in the county of Trumbulland in the State of Ohio, have invented certain newand usefulImprovements in Bottle-Stoppers and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a bottlestopper for bottles containing soda-Water or other liquids inwhich carbonic-acid gas is found, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows the upper end of a bottlewith my stopper therein. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of thebottle-stopper, and Fig. 3 is a section of the same.

The main part of my bottle-stopper is made of wood, turned to form aninverted cone, A, having a knob or button, B, at its lower or apex endof the cone. At the upper or larger end of the cone is aflange, G, fromthe center of which a stem, D, projects upward. Through this stem ispassed a string, a, for fastening the stopper to the neck of the bottle,so as not to become detached therefrom and be lost. Over the lower endof the Wooden part thus constructed is placed a piece of rubber, G, madein the form of a rubber nipple, which is prevented from coming off bythe knob or button B, as seen in Fig. 3. When the stopper is inserted inthe bottle it may be fastened by means of any of the ordinary fastenersnow in common use.

It will be seen that in my bottle-stopper the rubber envelops the lowerend of the wooden cone A, with its button B at the lower or smaller end,sothat when the stopper is inserted in the bottle the rubber will notcurl up, as is often the case in stoppers having simply a rubber band orgasket.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the inverted cone A, with knob B at its lower end,and the flange O and stem D at its upper end, and the rubber nipple G,enveloping the cone and button, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this24th day of May, 1875.

HARMON HUNT, I. N. DAWSON.

